gold coin

collocation in English

meaningsofgoldandcoin

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gold
adjective
uk
/ɡəʊld/us
/ɡoʊld/
made of gold, or the colour ...
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coin
noun
uk
/kɔɪn/us
/kɔɪn/
a small, round piece of metal, usually silver or copper coloured, that is used ...
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(Definition ofgoldandcoinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Goldcoindeveloped only when the trade volume reached a certain level and geographical distribution.
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An old practice to test whether agoldcoinwas counterfeit was to bite down on it.
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The contracts and bonds were written precisely to avoid currency debasement by requiring payment ingoldcoin.
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The phrase ingoldcoinwas removed as the physical amount of gold represented would vary with changes in the government price.
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The passengers aboard the coach, four men and a woman, were tied up and robbed of two gold watches and $500 ingoldcoin.
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It was a milledgoldcoinweighing 22.7 grams and with a diameter of 30 millimetres.
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Economic reform also was ensured, and thegoldcoinwas created to stabilize the economy.
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Anygoldcoinstruck before 1837 also ceased to be legal tender.
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As an example, consider a game played with a silver coin and agoldcoin.
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A 100 eurogoldcoinis never going to stabilise the price of gold, which is dictated by supply and demand.
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At the same timegoldcoinand bullion increased from £139,700,000 to £191,500,000—so it actually went up by over £50,000,000.
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It permitted collectors and other private citizens to own small quantities ofgoldcoin.
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In 1976 trade ingoldcoinand other coin of legal tender is included.
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My answer is, first, that to do that would lead to a premium on thegoldcoinmarket here within this country.
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Nowadays there is no country in the world in whichgoldcoinis the basis of the currency as it was in those days.
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It is essential to retain the prohibition on the export ofgoldcoinand bullion, and also the prohibition on melting gold coin or using it otherwise than as currency.
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It was agoldcointhen.
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If the actual circulation ofgoldcoinceases and the whole of the gold is concentrated in the central institution some economy is permissible in view of its increased mobility.
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This has been an unavoidable anomaly, but persons holdinggoldcoinrisk prosecution, and on a conviction the courts have power to order forfeiture in addition to the usual penalties.
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If one went tomorrow to try to purchase agoldcoinminted after 1837, unless one produced a licence the auctioneer concerned would not be able to sell one.
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A specific licence would be required for the export of anygoldcoinover 100 years old and, either individually or as part of a set, valued at £4,000 or more.
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Authorised collectors are generally permitted to retain up to two specimens of anygoldcoin, and to add further coins to their collection subject to the same limitation.
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The dinr is agoldcoinweighing one mithqal (4.25 grams) and the diram is a silver coin weighing 0.7 mithqal (2.975 grams).
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